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J. DENHARD METHOD OF TRANSPERING CARS FROM ONE TRACK TO ANOTHER.

P10661132, Patented June 25, 1867.

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IMPROVED METHOD or TRANSFERRING cans mom ONE TRACK TO ANOTHER.

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Be it known that I, JOHN DENJIARD, of Reading, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Device for Transferring Carsfrom one Track toAuother; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My'inveution consists of certain detachable blocks or bars, fully described hereafter, whereby cars may be transferred from a main track toasiding or turn-out without the necessity of cutting the main rails or using ordinary switches.

In order-to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed. to describe its construction and operation,-reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thisspecificatiou, and in which-- i Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views ofsufiicient of the main track of a railway and a turn-out to show my improvement; and I Figure 3 is a plan view of fig. 1.

A and A are the rails of a main track, and B and 13 those of a turn-out or siding, the rails B B being parallel for a short distance with the rails A A, as shown in the drawing. Adjacent to the end of the rail B is a plate, a, on which are lugs or pins 0 c, and between the latter andthe rails A'and B fits aaletachab le block or bar, D, the inner side w of which is curved, as shown in figs. 1 and 3, for a purpose described hereafter, and at a short distance from and parallel with the rail A is an ordinary guard-rail E. At the. inner side of-the rail A, adjacent to the end of the rail B, is secured a plate, a, on which are lugs c, and between the latter and rail A fits a detuchableinc-lined or w'edgeshaped bar, D, the upper face of which near its thickest end is level with the surface of the rail A. Between the rail B and the rail A is a stationary bar or plate, e, the face of which is inclined, as shown in the drawing.

When a car on the maintrack moving in the direction of the arrow, fig. 1; approaches the turn-out,the flange of the wheel X resting on the rail A will brought on to and will pass up the inclined surface of the bar D until it is level with the upper surface of the rail A. The side of the flange of the wheel XM'ill at the same time he brought in contact with the curved side z of the bar D, and both wheels will thus be moved laterally until'the flange of the wheel X- rests on the face of the bar e; the said wheel X, as the car noves for-- ward, descending the inclined face 'of the bar e until the trend of the wheel rests on the rail B, while the'tread of the wheel X bears on the rail B. The remaining wheels of the car, as they are brought into contact with the bars D D, will be transferred in a like manner fromth'e rails of the main track to those of the siding. After the transfer of the car has been cheated, the bars D D are removed from their positions adjacent to the rails and are placed either on the car or in any position on the truck readily accessible to the attendants of passing trains. Instead of the plates at and pins .0, sockets of a different character for holdingftbe bars D D may be 'used.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The rails A A of the main track, and the rails 13 B of a turn-out or siding, in. combination with the stationa'ry inclined bar e and the movable bars D D, the whole being constructed substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofIhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN DENHARD. Wi tn esses JOSEPH H. MILLER, WILLIAM Smyrna. 

